It had been 1 year since Alexander's return from his short travel. Things have been smooth. 300 ships have already arrived and commissioned into Northern Naval service. 12,500 men serve on the ships as of then. They were all contract bound. The captains were Godroids for now, although they had already started to train their First officer to become a captain.
As only one fleet of 250 ships was completed. He had assigned 10 Godroids as Commodore, 5 as rear admiral, 2 as vice admiral, and 1 Wolf's sword as the Admiral. The ship models he brought from Doremon word had been made big and real with Big light and Upgrade light. Magic cannons and other things were installed and then commissioned into the navy.
The steel warship was currently under construction in the Navy's shipyard at the Sea Dragon Point, though it was all an illusion. He already had them fully complete. It was going to be officially introduced to the navy later. The shipyard was also heavily guarded by constant patrol ships and magic cannons on guard towers.
He gave away the remaining 50 ships of 300 to coast guard for securing the borders. They also had a Wolf's sword as commissioner. His current fleet was already the biggest fighting fleet in Westeros and many big Lords had heard the news of North's new mighty fleet.
Currently, his fleet worked in some escorting work for big merchant ships of the north. He had also given Manderlys a new design for trading ships and they were too happy to make it.
He was to have another delivery of 100 ships in some time, but that was for later. As for today, Alexander was going to be at another Lord's meeting.
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"How have all of you been?" Alexander asked while sitting in his chair in the meeting hall.
"My lord, the last time we met here. You gave us the wonderful means to make food. Now, not only do we have enough to feed ourselves but we also sell to the east with Manderly's new merchant fleet. We are richer than ever, my lord" Greatjon Umber respectively spoke.
Manderly stood up and started speaking. "That is also due to Lord Stark. He gave me the new design for the trade ships. They are faster and store more, there's also the Northern Fleet which provides us the safety of travel. I am afraid, so much money is coming, I'll have to create another big vault"
"Hahaha... I might have a solution for that. All of you must have seen the new great city on Ramsgate, now called Norgold. It is due to open in a week and you are all invited. It's going to be the biggest trading city in the world. I also talked to the officials from the Iron Bank. They have accepted my proposal to open their branch in Norgold. You will all be able to store your money there, the city will also be safeguarded by a huge amount of police and Navy. The Northern Naval headquarters will be there so it's going to be quite safe. All of you are also gifted a manor there to live. House Manderly's White Harbor will become a manufacturer and industrial hub from now on. So, no one will lose anything." Alexander informed.
Alexander was also going to start Merchant's guild in the city. It will work under the jurisdiction of the city Mayor who will work under the Lord. A proper chain of command was going to be established to make sure that the city flourishes.
"My lord, my sale of Vodka has been bringing a lot of money to my house as well, but I've recently come across a problem. I received a raven from my biggest buyer in Reach that they are not allowed to buy my Vodka if I do not buy their crops." Lord Dustin spoke.
"And? You do know that waging war on another kingdom without the consent of the King is treason. And even if we call for all banners, what then? They have rebuilt the Moat Cailin, even better than before. The same Moat Cailin which protected the north from Andals for thousands of years. Now, they also have a big canal dividing the North from the south. And before you say that we block them near the great bridge(arched bridge over the Great Moat canal). They also have a mighty navy. Now, go and play with some flowers, don't bother me" She shooed him away.
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Alexander quietly sat in his office talking to his men at the new Iron Bank. They were finalizing all the plans and also the new insurance branch that Alexander was making. Traders could buy the insurance and pay a small amount monthly to secure their trade in the seas from pirates. The Northern navy would protect all those that take the insurance. They would be given a special small flag to put on ships. Whenever they are attacked, the flag would secretly send a signal to the nearest Northern Navy vassal.
He knew that people would not trust them but he had a small trick for that. He was going to remove all the murderers and rap*sts from the pirates and only let the small-time thieves work. Their job would be to terrorize some traders and not harm them, then the northern navy would come and save them.
When the words will travel, they will start taking the insurance. Then he'll hire some more small-time pirates to periodically show some threats. He'll also be getting rid of most pirates except the ones working for him. Ones with low sins will be given jobs and those with high sins will be judged.
He was also going to present other kinds of insurance later but for that, he'll need to have strict control over the whole Westeros.
*Knock Knock*
Elina entered, "Boss, I just received word that the Citadel is burning in green flames. Our men secretly helped them to escape. Marwyn and other Arch Maesters have convinced everyone to come here to Wintercity and establish a new Citadel in the Tower of Knowledge. Another thing, the first batch of 300 doctors and 1000 nurses have graduated. 100 Doctors will remain here and work in the City hospital. 150 will go to the new Norgold city and operate from 3 different hospitals. The rest 50 of them will go to Moat City."
"Good, good. When the next batch of doctors and nurses graduates, tell all the serving members of the government, Police, and Defence, that their health benefits service has started. Also, send a Rear Admiral and 50 ships under his command to Oldtown to bring the Maesters here," Alexander instructed.
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